Sheriff Snow was instantly
killed by Oscar Beasley on the bay front of Stratton Ridge around
five o'clock Wednesday evening on September 16, 1920. Sheriff Snow
had gone to a local fishing camp in order to recover, what he
believed, to be several stolen horses. Upon reaching the front of
the building, Beasley fired a shotgun at the sheriff killing him
instantly. Upon hearing the news, numerous parties of armed
citizens we dispatched in all directions looking for Beasley. At
approximately 5:30 a.m., Beasley was captured at the depot in
Danbury by two of Danbury's residents. That night Beasley was
forcibly removed from his cell by citizens of the county and
lynched. Beasley's body was left hanging in a tree in front of the
county museum, which at the time was the county jail.